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Man gets life term for murdering pregnant girlfriend

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Press Trust of India Shillong
A local court here today sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering his pregnant girlfriend in 2002.

District and Sessions Judge A Ripnar found the accused Tenderly Hynniewta guilty and awarded him life imprisonment.

He was also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000.

According to the prosecution, Hynniewta took his girlfriend, then 19 and seven months pregnant, to a graveyard in the city and slit her throat with a knife on September 6, 2002.

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First Published: Dec 20 2013 | 9:58 PM IST

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